NOEBA no'-e-ba (Noeba): Head of one of the families of temple-servants (1 Esdras 5:31) equals "Nekoda" of Ezra 2:48. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NOEBA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NOE no'-e (Noe): the King James Version of Matthew 24:37,38; Luke 3:36; 17:26,27; Tobit 4:12. Greek form of NOAH (which see) (thus the Revised Version (British and American)). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NOE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclope

NODAB no'-dab (nodhabh; Nadabaioi): A Hagrite clan which, along with Jetur and Naphish, suffered complete defeat at the hands of the trans-Jordanic Israelites (1 Chronicles 5:19). It has been suggested that Nodab is a corruption of Kedemah or of Nebaioth, names which are associated with Jetur and Naphish in the lists of Ishmael's sons (Genesis 25:

NOD nod (nodh): The land of Eden, to which Cain migrated after the murder of his brother and his banishment by Yahweh (Genesis 4:16). Conjecture is useless as to the region intended. The ideas of China, India, etc., which some have entertained, are groundless. The territory was evidently at some distance, but where is now undiscoverable. Copyright

NOBLE; NOBLES; NOBLEMAN no'-b'-l, no'-b'-lz, no'-b'-l-man (chorim, 'addir; eugenes, Kratistos, basilikos): "Nobles" is the translation of the Hebrew chorim (occurring only in the plural), "free-born," "noble" (1 Kings 21:8,11; Nehemiah 2:16; 6:17, etc.); of 'addir, "begirded," "mighty," "illustrious" or "noble" (Judges 5:13; 2 Chronicles 23:20, et

NOBAI no'-bi, nob'-a-i (nobhay, or nebhay): One of those who took part in sealing the covenant (Nehemiah 10:19). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NOBAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NOB nob (nobh; Codex Vaticanus Nomba; Codex Alexandrinus Noba, and other forms): An ancient priestly town to which David came on his way South when he fled from Saul at Gibeah (1 Samuel 21:1). Here he found refuge and succor with Ahimelech. This was observed by Doeg the Edomite, who informed the king, and afterward became the instrument of Saul's

NOBAH no'-ba (nobhah; Codex Vaticanus Naboth, Nabai; Codex Alexandrinus Naboth, Nabeth): (1) Nobah the Manassite, we are told, "went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name" (Numbers 32:42). There can be little doubt that the ancient Kenath is represented by the modern Qanawat, on the western slope of Jeb

NOAH, BOOK (APOCALYPSE) OF See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NOAH, BOOK (APOCALYPSE) OF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NOAH (2) (no`ah, "movement"): One of the daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Joshua 17:3). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NOAH (2)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NOADIAH no-a-di'-a (no`adhyah, "tryst of Yah"; Noadei): (1) Son of Binnui, one of the Levites to whom Ezra entrusted the gold and silver and sacred vessels which he brought up from Babylon (Ezra 8:33); also called MOETH (which see), son of Sabannus (1 Esdras 8:63). (2) A prophetess associated with Tobiah and Sanballat in opposition to Nehemiah (N

NOAH (1) no'-a (noach, "rest"; Septuagint Noe; Josephus, Nochos): The 10th in descent from Adam in the line of Seth (Genesis 5:28,29). Lamech here seems to derive the word from the nacham, "to comfort," but this is probably a mere play upon the name by Noah's father. The times in which Noah was born were degenerate, and this finds pathetic express

NO-AMON no-a'-mon (no' 'amon, Egyptian nut, "a city," with the feminine ending t, and Amon, proper name of a god, City Amon, i.e. the "City," paragraph excellence, of the god Amon; translated in the King James Version "populous No," following the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) in a misunderstanding of the word 'amon; the Revised Versi

NO no. See NO-AMON. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NO'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

NISROCH nis'-rok, niz'-rok (nicrokh): The Assyrian god in whose temple Sennacherib was worshipping when put to death by his sons (2 Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38). The name is not found elsewhere. Some identify him with Asshur, the national deity. See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography

NITRE ni'-ter (nether; nitron): Nitre as used in the King James Version does not correspond to the present use of that term. Nitre or niter is now applied to sodium or potassium nitrate. The writer has in his collection a specimen of sodium carbonate, called in Arabic naTrun, which was taken from the extensive deposits in Lower Egypt where it is f

NISAN ni'-san (nican): The first month of the Jewish year in which occurred the Passover and which corresponds to April. The month is the same as Abib, which occurs in the Pentateuch. Nisan occurs in Nehemiah 2:1 and Esther 3:7. It denotes "the month of flowers." See CALENDAR. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Inform

NIPHIS ni'-fis (Neipheis, Codex Alexandrinus Phineis; the King James Version Nephis): Given in 1 Esdras 5:21 margin as equals "Magbish" of Ezra 2:30, whose sons are the same in number (156) as those of Niphis, but it would seem rather to be the equivalent of Nebo in 2:29. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information

NINEVITES nin'-e-vits (Nineu(e)itai): Only in Luke 11:30. The parallel passage (Matthew 12:41), with Luke 11:32, has the fuller form, "men of Nineveh," which gives the meaning. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'NINEVITES'". "International Standard Bible En

NINEVEH, LIBRARY OF I. THE DISCOVERY II. THE LIBRARY III. WRITING-MATERIALS IV. CONTENTS 1. Philology 2. Astronomy and Astrology 3. Religious Texts 4. Law 5. Science 6. Literature 7. History and Chronology 8. Commerce 9. Letters I. The Discovery. In the spring of 1850, the workmen of Sir A.H. Layard at Nineveh made an important discov